This should have been really good
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tommy_rawhead — 13 years ago(July 07, 2012 01:35 AM)
In a way I sort of preferred this to SOTL, because I feel Hopkin's Lecter is truer to the character in the book. I love the novel Silence of the Lambs, and Lecter in the book is described as sleek and otter-like, seems subdued and almost ageless. . . Hopkin's portrayal was way too hammy and theatrical. I LIKE hammy and over the top, when it fits, but this didn't work right for me. Whereas Hannibal was a pretty silly book; enjoyable but kinda trashy, like a good Stephen King novel, and Hopkin's Lecter fit perfectly. Great reading, not great literature. Great movie, not great cinema. I read that Harris was forced into writing Hannibal when he didn't want to by his publishing company, and purposefully wrote what he considered to be a crappy book. I enjoyed it anyway, and I better appreciated Hopkin's acting as an older and far more unrealistic Lecter. Still I think SOTL was overall the better movie and Jodie Foster was a far better Starling. But I wouldn't expect a better movie based off that book, I'd have expected a better book based off its predecessor.
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kryp44 — 12 years ago(April 15, 2013 08:13 AM)
Harris was obviously saying F-U to his publishers writing Hannibal. Lecter was at his best as a supporting character. A tremendous amount of work went into Red Dragon and SOL. Not so much with what Harris wrote after that. I enjoyed reading all of them, but I was pissed at the same time that Harris didn't care if his readers got crap. Enjoy your money dirtbag.
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aasoloway — 13 years ago(October 08, 2012 01:44 PM)
I think Hannibal is far superior to SOTL - call me crazy. I thought SOTL was over-rated. I've watched Hannibal a dozen times and SOTL three or four times.
Hannibal has a better atmosphere, a better score, location and it was just crazy enough for me. Also, Giancarlo Giannini! I prefer Julianne Moore to Jody Foster
and the bizarre cameo by Osama Bin Laden. Ray Liotta eats his own brain. That's better than Buffalo Bill in my twisted book. -
randyhndrsn — 13 years ago(March 20, 2013 08:10 PM)
Without question, this is certainly one of the biggest disappointments of the last decade, and it's confusing given the extreme talent that was involved.
Good acting and some decent moments are there, but this movie is certainly a mess, dull for a large part of it and it just never feels right, like they never nailed the tone. -
Doom — 13 years ago(March 21, 2013 11:23 AM)
I think Hannibal is far superior to SOTL - call me crazy. I thought SOTL was over-rated. I've watched Hannibal a dozen times and SOTL three or four times.
Hannibal has a better atmosphere, a better score, location and it was just crazy enough for me. Also, Giancarlo Giannini! I prefer Julianne Moore to Jody Foster
and the bizarre cameo by Osama Bin Laden. Ray Liotta eats his own brain. That's better than Buffalo Bill in my twisted book.
^ this x10
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T-eschberger — 13 years ago(March 24, 2013 07:43 AM)
I like how people bitch that Hannibal is like "Superman" in this movie because of how good he is at evading capture, but nobody bitches about the crazy jail break scene in Silence which is just as over the top.
Hannibal is a great, great film. Julian Moore is much better than Foster who is INCREDIBLY overrated in Silence. She is perfectly competent in the role, but rather bland imo. Moore got across the toughness and vulnerability of the character much better without going over the top. -
PunishU — 12 years ago(April 11, 2013 12:56 PM)
Silence of the Lambs is overrated and I too wish that Julianne Moore had played Clarice as opposed to the overrated Foster but Hannibal is still a garbage movie and to act like it's a fact that it's a good movie won't mean much against the overall negative critique and place it received in film history.
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pgFiSheYe — 12 years ago(May 14, 2013 03:01 PM)
come on guys have you actually seen these actors in other films before? Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman are terribly wasted in this, especially Oldman. You might as well have the elephant man play his part and there wouldn't have been any difference.
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McQueen1980 — 12 years ago(July 03, 2013 07:58 AM)
the atmosphere in hannibal is perfect for the genre; eerie and chilling. loved hannibal being out and about. loved the scenes with giancarlo gianini chasing after hannibal. great movie.
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andras-andreea — 12 years ago(May 27, 2013 06:38 AM)
I think it's because the film's quite different from the book, which was much better. If they had followed the book, the film would have been great but it seemed to me that they were afraid? It's a shame. I think it would've been a very controversial movie too but sill The Silence of the Lambs deserved a better sequel than this one.
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FirstBlood1982 — 12 years ago(July 07, 2013 07:19 PM)
I've read the book, and much prefer the film.
Hated Hannibal's backstory in the book and don't care for the ending. I also didn't find Mason's sister necessary and his death in the book was rather silly, and would've been even more silly onscreen.
I think this movie is on par with the greatness of Silence and much, much better than the others.
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